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LWN status update

chicks — Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:45:10 +0000

I can think of some businesses that might go for a site license as well. You might even throw in a few banner ads to sweeten the deal. :)

paypal (credit card)

Trav — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:37:11 +0000

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use paypal without a credit card: From their Help page:

Q: Once I have opened an International PayPal account, what will I need to do to use it?

A: For membership confirmation purposes, PayPal will charge your credit card a $1.95 membership fee. The charge will accompany a unique, randomly generated 4 digit Member Number.

"International" here means outside usa. Interestingly, they do not expect to have more than 10,000 international members (unique 4 digit member number!)

no credit card

KeineHeimat — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:30:17 +0000

why do not watch your log files and open an account at a (american) bank somewhere in the euro-zone from where most of your euro-readers seem to come from?

so for all 's, transfering money wouldn't be extraordinary expensive.

LWN status update

kent — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:42:00 +0000

Regarding subscriptions: Will there be some kind of site-license
available for universities, e. g. based on network addresses?

credit card

smoogen — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:16:41 +0000

I would think that the cost of them running over to a bank, paying the conversion fees, etc etc.. would outway the money for the subscription.

It was the reason that Telsa G wouldnt accept out of England money for the penguin donations.. it cost more than it was worth.

Unless LWN wanted to have a +30% fee for cash transactions that is.

credit card

walter — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:10:18 +0000

Please note that bank transfers from Europe to the US usually impose an additional fee of about 10 USD.
How about accepting cash (Euro?), sent by letter?

Old bank still holds some funds

corbet — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:11:56 +0000

"Would it be possible to tell us who the old bank is?

The word from the bank is that the remaining funds will be released in September. If they stick to that, our preference is very much to take the money and run, and not create further difficulties. We've almost put this thing behind us, and behind us is exactly where I want it to be.

In any case, there's no real way to say if it's "your" money that they are holding - it's just one big pile at that point. And no, neither you nor anybody else has seen this holdup on your side - at one point they were talking about forcing us to refund all of the transactions, but it didn't come to that.

credit card

corbet — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:07:23 +0000

We will have paypal as an option. European-style direct bank transfers will be harder for us to arrange in the near future; at some point I guess we'll have to figure out a way to make those work.

Subscription costs

corbet — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:05:52 +0000

Still working on that - we'll get the info out before too long. Nominal cost for a regular subscription, I think, will be on the order of $5/month.

Old bank still holds some funds

Odinson — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:39:34 +0000

Obviously this is no fault of your own.

Your old bank is acting very irresponsibly. If I am going to pay interest on my donation the least they can do is give it to you.

At some point the fraud detection becomes fraud itself.

A month and a little should be plenty of time for all cardholders to get their statments and protest if necessary.

Old bank still holds some funds

Max.Hyre — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:12:44 +0000

Dear LWN:

Would it be possible to tell us who the old bank is? Or if you've mentioned it before, could someone point me toward it? I'd really like to know whether any of that money is mine, so I can hold their feet to the fire---close to the fire.

I've certainly received no notice of such a holdup from my credit-card issuer, even during the ``almost everybody's funds are frozen'' period.

Best Wishes,

Max Hyre

credit card

Trav — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:56:51 +0000

Any chance I can subscribe without owning a credit card, plus living in Europe?

LWN status update

bluetea — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:37:56 +0000

This is good news. Any idea how much the subscriptions will cost?

Yes, it has been interesting...

leonbrooks — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:51:10 +0000

...watching a bank get slashdotted. Welcome to the 21st century, bank. (-: